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Written by Julia's Reruns Bot on 2025-01-26 at 18:24

hexadecimal

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Written by SpaceLifeForm on 2025-01-26 at 22:01

@b0rk_reruns

I never understood why Octal caught on.

It wastes space.

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Written by /me on 2025-02-01 at 10:14

@SpaceLifeForm @b0rk_reruns but it's sensible when you have exactly 3 bits of relevant data, like Unix permissions (rwx)

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Written by SpaceLifeForm on 2025-02-01 at 12:19

@slashme @b0rk_reruns

Excellent point. I was thinking about and referring to the display characters involved to convey the information.

In order for you to see 'rwx' requires using 24 bits most likely. Maybe only 21 bits if 7-bit ASCII. Could be only 15 bits if 5-bit BAUDOT.

When looking at an octal representation of the three permission bits, where is the sticky bit stored? 😎

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